Les Dennis's Home Video Heroes | |
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Directed by | Ian Illett |
Narrated by | Les Dennis Stuart Hall |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 60 |
Production | |
Producer | Rob Smith |
Running time | 30 minutes (incl. adverts) |
Production company | Bullseye Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Challenge |
Original release | 23 June – 31 October 2008 |
Les Dennis's Home Video Heroes is a British television programme, which ran for two series on Challenge in 2008. The first series ran from 23 June to 1 August, and the second ran from 13 to 31 October. It featured humorous clips from home videos. The show was narrated by Les Dennis, with a special "Laugh-o-meter" segment being narrated by Stuart Hall.
The show was repeated on Channel One (until that channel closed in 2011) and Living TV.
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